2019 Easiest Back To School Recipe

 This Create 2 Meals In 1 Recipe is the 2019 Easiest Back To School Recipe.  Out of 1 recipe, you will be able to create Spaghetti With Meat Sauce and Spaghetti Casserole.  With this convenient back to school meal plan, it will become one of your family favorites to be used throughout the year. 

 Think of your kitchen as a chef does in a restaurant.  The key is in the prepping of your meals.  All of my 2 Meals In 1 Recipes are designed to show you, through prepping, you can create 2 meals with some of the same ingredients as 1.  Since we have a big family, all of my recipes are for at least 4 servings. 

This 2019 Easiest Back To School Recipe is a menu for kids and adults to fall in love with.  I have listed jars of spaghetti sauce in the ingredients list of ingredients, but you can use Ceci's Easy Spaghetti Sauce Recipe.  It is quick and simple.  I use a meatloaf mixture, just my personal preference.  But, you can also use ground beef or turkey too.  You can even eliminate the meat portion and make this recipe vegetarian...it turns out just as good!

INGREDIENTS

2 jars of your favorite spaghetti sauce or Ceci's Easy Back To School Spaghetti Sauce listed below

2 lbs of meatloaf mixture

1 large container of ricotta cheese

2 tbsp of Italian seasoning

2 tbsp of Adobo seasoning

4 cups of pre-shredded Italian cheese mixture

2 boxes of spaghetti

Non-stick cooking spray

Salt and pepper

PREP TIME 

5 min

COOK TIME

20 min

SERVES

4-6

 Ingredients 

 2 Jars of Spaghetti Sauce or Ceci's Easy Back To School  Spaghetti Sauce

2 large boxes pf spaghetti

2 pds of meatloaf mixture

2tbsp of Adobo

Salt and Pepper

Here’s How

 1

Follow directions to cook spaghetti and drain

Refrigerate half of the spaghetti 

 2

Heat spaghetti sauce in a sauce pot, or follow directions to Ceci's Easy Spaghetti Sauce listed below

 3

In a pan, cook meatloaf mixture on medium heat 

Add 2 tbsp of Adobo

Add Salt and pepper to taste

 4

When meat is browned, drain

Add to spaghetti sauce and stir till well blended

Refrigerate half of the meat sauce

 5

Top spaghetti with remaining meat sauce

PREP TIME 

10 min

COOK TIME

45 min plus 5 min to cool

SERVES

6-8

THINGS YOU NEED

 Refrigerated meat sauce

Refrigerated spaghetti

1 large container of ricotta cheese

4 cups of pre-shredded Italian cheese

2 tbsp of Italian seasoning

Non-stick cooking spray

9x13 casserole dish

Aluminum foil

HERE’S HOW

1

Spray glass casserole dish with non stick cooking spray.

Preheat oven to 405 degrees.

 2

In a mixing bowl, add spaghetti and 3/4 of meat sauce. Mix till well blended.

Place 1/2 of spaghetti mixture into bottom of casserole dish

 3

In a bowl, stir Italian seasoning and ricotta cheese.

Spoon ricotta cheese mixture over the top of spaghetti mixture. 

Spread evenly

 4

Place the rest of the spaghetti mixture over the top of the ricotta cheese.

Spoon remaining meat sauce over the top and spread evenly.

Cover with aluminum foil and place into oven for 35 minutes

 5

Take the casserole out of the oven. 

Sprinkle Italian cheese mixture over the top of the casserole.

Place back into oven for 10 minutes or until cheese starts to brown

 6

Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes to cool.